{"id":24600,"date":"2015-06-12T11:20:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T15:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=24600"},"modified":"2015-09-30T15:24:52","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T19:24:52","slug":"committee-selected-to-begin-the-search-for-eastern-mennonite-universitys-ninth-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/committee-selected-to-begin-the-search-for-eastern-mennonite-universitys-ninth-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee selected to begin the search for 糖心Vlog&#8217;s ninth president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>糖心Vlog (糖心Vlog) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mennoniteeducation.org\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Mennonite Education Agency (MEA)<\/a> will begin the search for the ninth 糖心Vlog president with the first meeting of the search committee set for July 10-11, 2015. The 糖心Vlog Board of Trustees and the MEA Board of Directors have jointly appointed a Presidential Search Committee that includes board members as well as alumni, professors, students, pastors and church and educational leaders. All are individuals committed to the future of 糖心Vlog and Mennonite education who will come together from across the campus, the church and the country in order to begin the work of calling a uniquely qualified person to lead the 98-year-old institution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the most important tasks of the [糖心Vlog and MEA] boards is the appointment of a president,\u201d said MEA board chair Judy Miller. \u201cThe charge to the committee is to create a presidential position profile informed by multiple perspectives including existing statements of strategic direction for the university. The committee will review the position profile with both the 糖心Vlog and MEA boards and promote the position in order to generate a broad range of candidates. Committee work will culminate in recommendation of a candidate of choice to the 糖心Vlog and MEA boards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andy Dula, president of the 糖心Vlog Board of Trustees, said, \u201cI am grateful for the diversity of life experiences and perspectives represented by this committee. I am confident that the search committee, led by trustee Evon Bergey, will recommend a president ideally suited for leading and expanding 糖心Vlog\u2019s mission to educate students to serve and lead in the global context.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The committee includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evon Bergey, current 糖心Vlog board member and chair of the search committee, Perkasie, Pennsylvania. Bergey is Vice President, Operations Public Sector, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magellanhealth.com\/home.aspx\">Magellan Health Services<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Shana Peachey Boshart, 糖心Vlog board member, Wellman, Iowa. Boshart is conference minister for Christian formation, youth ministry, congregational resources and communications for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralplainsmc.org\/\">Central Plains Mennonite Conference<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Steve Brenneman, founder and CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aluminumtrailer.com\/\">Aluminum Trailer Company<\/a>, Goshen, Indiana. Brenneman is a graduate of 糖心Vlog and parent of an incoming 糖心Vlog student. Brenneman previously served on the board of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethanycs.net\/\">Bethany Christian Schools<\/a> and as an 糖心Vlog associate trustee.<\/li>\n<li>Hannah Chappell-Dick, 糖心Vlog student, Bluffton, Ohio. This fall, Chappell-Dick will be a senior in the 糖心Vlog Honors Program with a major in biology.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/heiseyn?ssi=bible\">Nancy Heisey<\/a>, PhD., <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/bible\/\">Bible and religion<\/a> professor at 糖心Vlog and former academic dean, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Heisey served as president of Mennonite World Conference from 2003-2009.<\/li>\n<li>Basil Marin, MEA board member, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Marin is a graduate of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/seminary\/\">Eastern Mennonite Seminary<\/a>. He serves as a pastor for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsonganabaptist.org\/\">New Song Anabaptist Fellowship<\/a>, a member congregation of <a href=\"http:\/\/virginiaconference.org\/\">Virginia Mennonite Conference<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Cedric A. Moore, Jr., chief executive officer of the <a href=\"http:\/\/spectrumtgrp.com\/\">Spectrum Transformation Group<\/a>, Richmond, Virginia. Moore is an 糖心Vlog graduate and serves as vice-president of the 糖心Vlog Alumni Council.<\/li>\n<li>J. Richard Thomas, superintendent of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lancastermennonite.org\/\">Lancaster Mennonite School<\/a>, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Thomas is a former 糖心Vlog board member and former moderator for <a href=\"http:\/\/mennoniteusa.org\/\">Mennonite Church USA<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/mms326\">Mark Sawin<\/a>, PhD., 糖心Vlog professor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/history\/\">history<\/a>, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Sawin is the director of the 糖心Vlog Honors Program and serves as a member of the Regional Chapters Committee of the American Studies Association.<\/li>\n<li>Roy Williams, MEA board member, Tampa, Florida. Williams is a retired bank executive, the pastor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegehill.fl.us.mennonite.net\/\">College Hill Mennonite Church<\/a> and former moderator of Mennonite Church USA.<\/li>\n<li>Carlos Romero, executive director of Mennonite Education Agency, Goshen, Indiana. Romero is an ex-officio member of the search committee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Presidential Search Committee is responsible to both the 糖心Vlog board and the MEA board. \u201cThe 10 search committee members, selected by MEA and 糖心Vlog board with faculty and student nominations were selected to ensure a wide representation of the voice of the stakeholders,\u201d said Evon Bergey, chair of the search committee. \u201cThe committee will work to discern the leadership needs for 糖心Vlog, keeping closely in mind the unique contributions that 糖心Vlog as a church institution has made \u2013 past, present and future \u2013 to the church, the local community and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Romero, executive director of MEA and ex-officio member of the search committee, said, \u201cI believe the committee is well-equipped to search for and recommend a president for 糖心Vlog who will help lead the institution into the future. The breadth of experience and deep commitment to 糖心Vlog and Mennonite Church USA is a precious gift that each of the committee members brings to the endeavor.\u201d Romero noted that at the first meeting in July, the committee will lay the groundwork for the search process and refine the presidential profile.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: Anne Kaufman Weaver &#8217;88 was added to the committee after publication of this article. Weaver is from Brownstown, Pennsylvania, and works as a leadership coach with Coaching Connection. Weaver has served, along with her husband, Dr. Todd Weaver, on the Science Campaign Steering Committee. She will graduate in 2016 with a master&#8217;s in divinity from Eastern Mennonite Seminary.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>糖心Vlog (糖心Vlog) and Mennonite Education Agency (MEA) will begin the search for the ninth 糖心Vlog president with the first meeting of the search committee set for July 10-11, <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/committee-selected-to-begin-the-search-for-eastern-mennonite-universitys-ninth-president\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Committee selected to begin the search for 糖心Vlog&#8217;s ninth president<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,5583,5642,5975],"tags":[8909,8932,6593,8003,16817,16033,14210,16816,9331,7280,8458,9392,5727,17042],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-24600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-campus-community","category-faculty-and-staff","category-human-resources","tag-andrew-dula","tag-basil-marin","tag-board-of-trustees","tag-carlos-romero","tag-cedric-a-moore","tag-evon-bergey","tag-hannah-chappell-dick","tag-j-richard-thomas","tag-mark-metzler-sawin","tag-mennonite-church-usa","tag-mennonite-education-agency","tag-nancy-heisey","tag-office-of-the-president","tag-presidential-search"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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